Creativity can be defined as an original act of imagination that brings something into existence. It is a desire and innate drive to make new connect…

- Shaun Mcniff

Creative energy manifests in the 'aura' of the environment - the distinct atmosphere, quality and 'air of the place.' It has a contagious effect on p…

- Shaun Mcniff

We can only learn about creativity through our own experience of it.

- Shaun Mcniff

Creativity is a force moving through us, and only through practice do we learn how to cooperate with it. The 'process' is like a muscle. It needs to …

- Shaun Mcniff

It, (creativity) requires an inclination to step into the unknown, as well as the ability to persist when there is no end in sight.

- Shaun Mcniff

The greatest opportunities for creative transformation are often lodged in our discontents. Art is an alchemical process that feeds on emotional ener…

- Shaun Mcniff

Creative freedom is determined by how we behold the world. Any one of us can make new things with our perceptions that serve as doorways to the creat…

- Shaun Mcniff

Focusing-Oriented Art Therapy is a major contribution to art therapy literature and practice. Laury Rappaport introduces a contemplative method and p…

- Shaun Mcniff

Imaginative compassion for that which is other than myself is a constant artistic and ethical discipline.

- Shaun Mcniff